Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Baby, It's Cold Outside

It's colder than a witches' tit down here! We rarely see temperatures fall below the 20s in Memphis winters, but tonight, the forecast calls for a low of 16 degrees. On Wednesday night, the low is 15 degrees. What, what?! I don't remember ever experiencing such cold weather.

But that's not stopping me from enjoying delicious raw breakfasts and lunches on my 26-day ACT cleanse (see this post for details). Thankfully, I can have warm, cooked food at night ... when the thermometer is at its low. Today's raw lunch was this super satisfying Liquid Gold Salad:

Now before you go thinking this is just a salad, think again. The Liquid Gold Salad Dressing from The Raw RevolutionDiet really makes it somethin' special. It's loaded with flax oil and seeds, nutritional yeast, Dijon mustard, agave, and even a blended zucchini (that reduces the need for adding a bunch of oil). One serving of this dressing provides a day's supply of omega-3 fatty acids, riboflavin, and other B vitamins.The dressing sits atop a mixture of baby romaine, avocado, bell pepper, carrot, radish, and sunflower seeds. Yum, yum! I could go for another bowl right now.

The Raw Revolution Diet (another review cookbook from the fine folks at the Farm's Book Publishing Company) is jam-packed with recipes for healthy dressings, raw breads, raw cereal and oatmeal, soups, and a yummy-sounding basic nut cheese recipe that I must try!

The front half of the book is filled with practical information about going raw. Authors Cherie Soria, Brenda Davis, and Vesanto Melina offer tips on getting the proper nutrients from a raw diet, as well as how to juice, sprout, soak nuts and seeds, and eat raw on the go. It's certainly worth checking out for anyone remotely interested in incorporating more raw foods into their diet.

Bianca I am getting some cold weather too and I am in the Caribbean. This is crazy! Flax seed oil is my best friend and I include it each da on all of my greens. I am not a fan of salads but this looks reall good... and I will make one for myself today.

I love it! Looks great and I am glad you are enjoying your detox. After discovering the raw food world, I became a sucker for so many of the outstanding recipes. Now I have your influence as well. Thanks and keep up the great work!

the liquid gold dressing sounds wonderful, i love that there's a zucchini so that not a ton of oil is needed. that's one thing that i get hung up on with some of the raw recipes - some of them are high in fats (oils, nuts, etc.) and my stomach can't handle all that. i like the sound of the raw revolution diet book - i love that it has tips and a "how to" in the beginning as well - awesomesauce!

delicious looking salad. I really need to get a raw foods book.Sorry about your cold weather, we are having a weird 70 degree weather right now. Sorry don't mean to rub it in, we actually could use alot alot of rain here in california.

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About Me

I'm an 11-year vegan, 21-year vegetarian from the Mid-South, not too far from the muddy banks of the Mississippi River. And that means cornbread, butter beans, and collard greens.
These days, I live in Memphis. Check out my cookbook — Cookin' Crunk. It's filled with yummilicious veganized soul food and country classics.